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V? ftm? TTNBF E??RB? TO END THE WAR Germany's Object. 80 DIVISIONS BEFORE OUR LINE. ■ TO-DAY'S BRITISH OFFICIAL. i. British Headquarters, France, t. Saturda.y, 10.24 a.m ilhore was considerable artillery activity last night on both sides t between Givenchy and Robecq. ')3:ostile artillery, has shown some activity also in the Lens, Hazel- brauck and Y pres sect-ors., Jhere is nothing further to report. U.S. TROOPS. I Jn British Zone in Northern France I Paris, Saturday.—Reuters correspon- dent says the American troops have ar- rived in the British zone in the north of France. 80 GERMAN DIVISIONS. I Opposite the Franco-British Line. Paris, Saturday.—M. Marcel Hutin, writing in the "Eclio de Paris," says: According to credible information it -s now known that opposite the Franco- British line the enemy have concentrated 80 divisions. It is beyond doubt that this will be a desperate attempt. Germany wants to end the war, cost what it may. Letters sent from Germany to prisoners of war have never revealed so much dis- couragement or been so emotional.-Ilx- change Special. LAST NIGHT'S OFFICIALS. I BRITISH. We carried out a successful raid last might in the neighbourhood of Beaumont JIamel, and captured a few prisoners. This morning a hostile post north of Merris was rushed by our trod^s, and its garrison, killed or driven out. On the remainder of the front there is nothing to report beyond artillery activity on both sides. .FRENCH. i There is nothing to report outside the usual activity of both artilleries on the (front north and south of the Avie. GREAT AERIAL ACTIVITY. I J44 Tons of Bombs Dropped. I BRITISH AIR OFFICIAL. 1 i inlay night. Great aerial activity prevailed on Thursday. Our observation ballons ac- ^complish-ed a largo amount of regiatra- rtion for the artillery, and reported move- jnents in the enemy?s forward areas. Our aeroplanes carried out long-dis- i tanoe reconnaissances, artillery work, [■bombing, photography, and fighting ;throughout th", day Over 23 tons of bombs were dropped on ■. important railway centres, aerodi-omefi, lend billets behind the enemy's lines. Fighting was intense in the early mora- • jng and in the evening. Thirty hostiie machines were brought, and five others were driven down out of control. In ad- dition two German machines were brought down by niti-aircraft aunfire. Two hostile machines landed behind oui iineis, and their occupants were captured. Five of our machines are missing. Daring the night our night-dying luachines dropped another lO} tons of foombs on different targets, including the- I ail way stations at Lille, Douai, and Chaulnes, billets in the neighbourbooll "A Bapaume, Peronne, and Rosieres, and the docks at Bruges The enemy's night-flying machiri-es were also active. One Gotha aeroplane landed behind our lines, and the crew ;were taken prisoners. With reference to the report of the raid on Saarbrucken on Thursday, three hos- tile machines were driven down out of control on that occasion; the statement that five hostile machines were brought down is incorrect FRENCH AVIATION REPORT. I Friday Night. nUfing the night of May 14-15 and the 1QV of May 15 numerous aeroplane took a)art in the bombardments of the enenly gone. Thirty-six tone of bombs were dropped 0.\ the railwity eL-Aions and aviation grounds of St. Quentin. J assy, Flavy lo •Jvlartel, Nesles, Ham. ot^. A dump blew up Nesles. Fires were, observed at Uuiscard. Le Chatelet. and Jvesles railway statiou The following night 30 tons of bombs l "were dropped on the same region, and 10 Mons on the regions of Aniagne-Lucqti-v and Montcornet. During Thursday four enemy aero- planes were brought down and threo others seriously damaged. During the night of Wednesday-Thurs- iday 35 tons of bombs were dropped on the German railway stations and canton- ments of the region Cliaiilnes-lioye- Nesles—St. Quentin. The following results were observed:— The explosion of a dump in the Bois de Champion, and fires and explosions at Eequilly, Villeselve. and Nesle Railwiy station.—Reuter.

WELSH AIRMAN M.C. I Flight-Com. F. W. Mathias, R.A.F., has been awarded the Military Cross for con Rpicuous conduct on the Italian front The gallant officer is the son of Mr. J. H. Matliins, J.P., of Nelson, and a grandson of Alderman W. H. Mathias. of Tyny- eymmer Hall, Porth. I

L s. d. OF THE WAR. I Statement by French Ministry of .1 Finance, A Note issued by the French Minn-try bf Finance says the estimates for provi- Eional credits concerning military ex- •penditure and exceptiona l expenditure ;1in the civil service, for the third quarter .of 1918, were laid before Parliament yes- terday. The total credits asked for are 427.931.212, being an increase of £ 17,467,312 on the provisional credits for the. second quarter.—Exchange Special.

II Men have written poetry in the trenches, and it has been shown thnt poets are not sickly sentimentalists or de- cadent cowards," said Mr. Galloway Kyle at the Podry Siciety on Friday.

GIRL'S ORDEAL LANClAND LOVE TRACEDY SEQUEL SWANSEA MURDER CHARGE There was a further tragic sequel on Saturday to the distressing Langland love tragedy, when, at the Swansea Police Court, Elsie Smith was brought up on a charge of murder. It will be remembered that on the morning of April 6th last the young gii'l, who is only 21 years of age, awakened the occupants of the Osborne Hottl at Langland, and in consequence of what fhe told them the police were summoned, and the body of her lover, Wm. Ernest Bartlett, woa found in the water at Little Langland. Young Bartlett was a sig- naller in the K.F.A., and had been re- called by wire before the termination of his leave. This, according to the girl's statement subsequently, preyed on his mind, and he had said that, he was fed up with it. At the inquest on May 6th the Coroner (Mr. R. W. Boor), in his address to the jury, said it was a serious question whether Elsie Smith agreed or consented to Bartlett committing suicide. If she did. then they would have to bring in a verdict of wilful murder against her. The jury, in returning a verdict of suicide, added that they preferred no charge tigainst Elsie Smith. GIRL'S DISTRESS. The girl. when she appeared before the magistrates on Saturday, was in a very distressed condition. She was allowed to ait near her solicitor, Mr. C. W. Slater, and wept throughout the brief proceed- ings. Supt. Letheren applie.d for a remand for a week in order to submit some facts to the Director of Public Prosecutions. Mr. C. W. Slater had no objection, and the accused was accordingly remanded.

JOHN BULL'S PUMCH. Our Resolve to Punish the I Huns. ■ • v Paris, Friday (received Saturday).— Mr. Havelock Wilson, president of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, has telegraphed b the French Premier conveying his warmest thanks for the French"renunciation after the war of the most favoured nation n clause in favour of "enemies of the Entente nations." Mr. Wilson adds:—" Every British pat- riot is resolved to punish the Huns for their crimes against humanity. John Bull is slowly taking off his gloves, and he has still a good punch in reserve."

SHOPS PILLAGED. I Unrest Over Ausiro-German Aisiance. Zurich, Friday (received Saturday).— In Bohemia there is increasing public ex- citement over the renewal of the Austro- German alliance. In Prague proclama- tions have been issued calling upon the people to be ready for a supreme struggle. The Smithcw population, exasperated by the scarcity of food, has pillaged the shops. The mayor was wounded, and in several villages military comissions of requisition were chased and wounded by armed peasants.

OSTEND SHELLED. German Report of British II Monitor. GERMAN OFFICIAL. Berlin, Friday.—An enemy monitor has shelled Ostend, and has inflicted con- siderable losses upon the population. On the fighting front the firing activity was intense only on a few sectors. Lively reconnoitring activity continued. During the reprise of a strong English thrust north of the Scarpc and near Beau- mont Hamel, and also during successful operations undertaken by us south of Arras, we made some prisoners. On the remainder of the front nothing of importance to report. Yesterday 18 enemy aeroplanes and one captive balloon were shot down. Lieut. Loewenhardt achieved his 22nd aerial vic- tory, and Lieut. Windisch his 21st.

RIVAL SCHEidES. Future of Education in I Wales. LLANDJIINDOD WELLS. Saturday. At the evening session of the Central 1 Welsh Bof. Well1 t oir, Friday, a long and important discus- sion took place with regard to the new Education Bill. The G lamorgan scheme was explained hy Aid. Dr. T. II. Morris. but it was pointed out that this scheme was not suitable for the needs of Wales generally. The general view was that children would be taken from schools at H, and that continuation classes would become illp. rule, hut the Glamorgan scheme is constructed on the assumption that the pieference will be for keeping children m schools till they are 16, so as to avoid continuation classes. Aid. Morgan Thomas (Cardiff), and Mr. Tom John (Rhondda), took the oppt^eite view. It was eventually a?r?ed to hola a special conference to consider the whole question as soon as the schemes are in partial readiness.

KARL, VISITS SOFIA. Paris, Saturday.—The "Petit Parisien" says that according to a dispatch from Vienna reivød at Basle, the Emperor Karl and the Empress have left for Sofia and Constantinople, on a visit to the CV.ar Ferdinand and the Sultan.—Ex- change.

THE TE-A-C H c-IR S'-STRIKE..1 The assistant teachers' strike" was discussed, with much animation, at the monthly meeting of the Llanelly Group of Managers held on Thursday, Mr. J. R. Thomas Jwyn hendy) in the chair. On the motion of Mr. Hetiry John (Felinfoel), supported by the Revs.^D. Bowen, R. W. Davies, and others, it Was unanimously decided to disapprove of ffce action of the County 'Comm-'ttee in refusing arbitra- tion, and to ask that this shtrnld be done forthwith. It was also proposed to close the 'schools during, the period of the std, but this motion was led in favour of J- week's holiday.

ARREST OF DE VALERA. Sinn Fein Leaders Rounded Up. The Press Association's Dublin corres- pondent telegraphs:— During last night and early this morn- ing, acting in co-operation with the military authorities, arrested number of Sinn Fein leaders. Many arrests have been made in the provinces by the Royal Irish Constabu- lary. Among those arrested in Dublin were Edmund de Valera, Madame Markievicz, Arthur Griffiths, Joseph McGuinness, Parrel Figgis Thomas Hunter, Joseph McCraith, John McGarry, William Coggrove, qx-Aldernitii Cole, Iferbert Mellowes, Dr. Thomas Dillon, Dr. Richard H;>yes, and Patrick O'Keei'e. So far as can be ascertained, no formal charge has yet been preferred, against the prisoners, who were arrested on a warrant issued under ihe Defence of the Realm: Act. INTRIGUE WITH ENEMY. Irish Government's Measures to Cope with a Plot. The Dublin correspondent of the H Times" says that the Lord Lieutenant has issued a proclamation declaring that it has come to the knowledge of the Irish Government tha.t certain of his Majesty's .subjects jn Ireland have entered into a treasonable communication with the Ger- man enemy, and that strict measures must be taken to cut down this German plot. The proclamation urges the King's subjects to aid in crushing such a con- spiracy, and concludes:—" As a means to this end we shall cause still further steps t,. be taken to facilitate and encourage voluntary enlistment in Ireland in his Majesty's Forces in the hope that with- out resort to compulsion the contribution of Ireland to these forces may be brought up to its strength and made to correspond to the contributions of other parts of the Empire." The Chief Secretary authorises the statement that the measures are solely directed against the dangerous German intrigue, of which they have knowledge.

CHEAPER FISH 11 Comparison Between Old and New Figures. Fish prices ore to be revised from May 27th and the following details have been received at the Swansea, Food Oifice. The old and the new prices arc given:- New Old, < New Old Prior* I I Trices PricoS Bass 1/4 1/6 WhitiBR 1/1 1/3 Brill 2/4 2'6 Bloaters 9d. 10(1 Cod 1/3 l'LJ Kippers lid. 1/0 Congers 13 1/4 Herrings. 7d. 8d. Haddock Haddock (fresh) 1/8 1,10 (Smoked). V9 2/0 Rake 1/2 1/9

KAISERES. I Fantastic Statement regard- ing British Losses. War Correspondents* Headquarters, May 17.—The spell of summer heat con- tinues, and conditions have not changed in the last 21 hours. The battle remains at a standstill. You have probably noticed the Kaiser's statement that in the German offensive 600,000 British troops have been put hors de combat, a statement which is received with exhilaration here. There is no need to deny the fantastic figure, but the in- teresting point is that the fact that such a statement should be credible in Ger- many gives some indication of the mea- sure of the German losses. Aware of the appalling character cf their own casu- alties, the German people may quite well accept the Kaler's figure as not unrea- sonable.

KARL'S LETTER. U.S. President and Mr. I Balfour's Speech. New York. Friday.—The Associated Press correspondent in Washington says: President Wilson may take an early cceasion to supplement Mr. Balfour's statement yesterday in tile House of Commons in connection with the Austrian peace feelers. It is authoritatively stated that the American Government fully re- ciprocates Mr. Balfour's osjhro-^ions of confidence. There is no mteiiuon per- mitting the machinations of the enemy to mar the perfect understanding which governs the relations existing between the United States and the Entente There is no disposition in administra- tion circles to complain because Wash- ington wai not advised of the letter from the Emperor Karl to Prince. Sixte, for it is realised that the peculiar oond ition under which the correspondence was con- ducted impend obligations of confidence and secrecy that could not he disregarded by honourable statesmen."—Reuter.

U-BOAT LOSSES. | Builders Fail to Keep up With the I' Sink!ngs. I That the British Navy had an extra- ordinarily good time with the U-boats lately is now pretty well known. I hear to-night, Friday (says a writer in the "Daily Dispatch"), some details' which are very heartening. Von Capelle boasted in the Reichstag a little while ago that since the unrestricted submarine warfare began Germany had built many more U-boats than she had lost. That was perfectly true last year. But it is no longer true. This year I am able to say, though I am not permitted to give details, the figures are all the other way. We have gunk many more than have been built.

-ii N I AUSTRIAN MUTINY. More than one British officer who has lately served in the Adriatic assures me "(says "The Clubman" in the "Pall Mall"), that signs of demoralisation are plainly visible among the Austrian naval forces. A few months ago, it will be re- I membered, the crew of an Austrian tor- pedo-boat suddenly attacked their bound them, and then brought the vessel into Amona and handed her over to the I i <

I 100 TO NIL I -0 STRIKING FIGURES FROM ITALIAN FRONT Rome, Saturday.—According to Italian papers more than lf)0 Austrian aero- planes have been destroyed by the Ital- ians on the Italian front during the last 30 days, the losses of the AUies being nil. —Exchange.

I THE COMING BLOW. ^r I Delay Hefpfui to the Allies. The Germans are still pouring a rain of shell on the Allied line in the west while they complete their preparations for the resumption of the offensive. The principal storm-centre is again the salient west of Armentieres. The enemy's infan- try makes no move. In the opinion of the British General Staff the enemy, if he waits a little longer, will be able to resume the offensive on the scale on which it began—an attack on a front of fifty miles. But by that time our defences will have improved in more than equal measure. I LOST MOMENTUM. The general situation remains much as before, except that it is fairly clear that the Germans have lost the momen- tum of their first rush. and have found that small partial attacks oh a limited front do not pay. It is also fairly clear- that the German-, are now preparing for a really big effort. If the enemy waite a little longer, he will probably be able to renew the offensive on the rame scale as he started on March 21-that is on a front of 50 miles. On the other hand de- lay gives us more time to develop our defences, perfect our organisation, and our plans of co-operation with our Allies. But waiting is great strain on the troops in the line. The wear and tear of « division on the bottle front, even during the time when we hear that there is nothing to report, are very heavy owing to shellfire, gas, and exposure. AMERICAN REINFORCEMENTS. As against that we have the steady stream of American reinforcements swell- ing the Allied regerves. The Germans have tried to belittle the American factor; but they did the same thing with the conte mptible little Army," and the Ger- man Staff at any rate a, re not likely to make the same mistake twice. The Americans have to bny their experience, but they are good business men and may be trusted to buy in the che»pe«t»!«nd■ sell in the will have to pay the pi ice. We are per- fectly certain that the American Army is going to make gocd, and the American nation will never leave go until it has. The utmost optimism reigns at the front. We have a very 101g TOW to hoe, and for the whole summer Lhe situation must be a very anxious one.

COLD CARDIFF! -M t  Officer's Tribute to Swansea Hospitality. A prominent Cardiff citizen who has rendered much real war service write- I have just heard froln a very gallant gentleman-a young subaltern!, wounded and gassed in Franco. He spent many weary months of pain at u. military hos- pital here in our city of Cardiff. WUlt one solitary exception, no one during all .that dreary time called to see him, asked him to their home, no one even took the trouble to get to know him or get 'n touch with him. Ftom here he has been sent to a con- valescent home in Swansea. He had not been there 48 hours before receiving more than a dozen personal invitations to visit Swansea homes (though an utter stranger there as here) from, ladies who had been at the pains to get to know of his arrival there. Is this case typical? I fear so, I and if so, what a contrast!

BAKU FALLS. Famous Oil Region Taken by I Bolsheviks. Amsterdam, Friday.—A Constantinople telegram reports that the Bolsheviks in the region of Baku received reinforce- ments from Turkestan and Astrakhan, which crossed the Caspian Sea in Russian gunboats. With these reinforcements." the message says, the Bolshevik bands at- tacked the Mussulmans, who, despite their heroic resistance, lost the town of Baku owing to a lack of means for de- fence. Although the Mussulmans frum Daghesfean and Georgai hastened to their assistance, the town could not be main- tained, as the (lefeuders I supply of bul- let^ was exhausted* The Bolshevik. are vigorously coj.anumit their .ttack. Reuter. lThe Baku region, a iamous oilfield, was ceded to Turkey under the Ruo- Turkish peace treaty. The Russians in the district refuse to fall in with the arrangements. J

THREAT TO STRIKE. I Wireless Operators Want I More Money. A section of wireless telegraph operators have bold out a scandalous strike threat to the Government. They decided, at a meeting held in Liverpool on Wednerday evening, to notify the Ministry of Labour that, owing to the failure of the National Wages Board of the Ministry of Shipping to deal within a reasonable rime with their claim to an increase of salary, they gave three weeks' notice to cease work. They declared that the only increase re- ceived by them was one of 5s. per week in October last. whereas other branches of the mercantile marine had received pounds. It is recognised," state the promoters of the movement. that this will cause an immediate dislocation of shipping under the British flag." The country has more confidence in the patriotism of the great body of operators than to believe for a moment that they would think of taking such action. I

•EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. I Italy has followed France's lead in negotiating with Germany for an ex- change of prisoners. A statement in German papers which reached London on Friday says that since the 2nd in Ger- man and Italian Government delegates have Iveen in conference at BN>'e Houses of Parliament under the bfLiiliancitip jQf UM Jfresifent.

WELSH HOME RULEI   I IUESDAYS CONPEMHCE I SOME STRANCE FEATURES I U A Welsh National Conference, called according to its convener, Ald. S. N. Jones, to inaugurate a campaign for a complete measure of Autonomy for Wales and Monmouthshire," is to be held at Llandrindod on Tuesday next. It is surrounded by some amount of mystery. Who its sponsors are does not appear—the programme coincides re- markably with the published opinions of Mr. David Da vies and Mr. E. T. John- but it i6 clear that the Conference is asked to pledge itself to (a) A League of Nationg. (b) Complete autonomy (whatever that may mean). (c) The creation of a committee of 20 members (vrtth power of co-opting .10 members) for the purpose of drafting a Welsh Nationalist Pro- gramme (presumably the creation of a new party). As a National Conference," it is pass- ing strange that, up to Friday, Wel6h members of Parliament had not received any invitation to be present! What manner of "National Conference" can this be to which the selected representa- tives of Wales have not been asked! Under the guise of a conference on. Home Rule, it)certainly does seem to be the intention to endeavour to force upon Wales a new party-in line with the as- pirations of Mr. E. T. John. The second resolution to be submitted is to the following effect: That this conference recal ls with gratitude the great work of the pioneers of Welsh Nationalism, and resolves that the time has arrived when the claims of the Welsh nation to complete autonomy must be re- cognised by the British Parliament. Happily we have come to a spacious day when a resolution upon some such lines— but more intelligibly worded—can be sub- scribed to by all men who realise how the tendencies of the times are setting. Home Rule for Wales cannot now be made a matter of party politics. The fact that Mr Cory of Cardiff seconded the resolution at the Welsh Party meeting this week, and that the Rt. Hon. William Brace supported it, shows that there is no Ulster in Wales. A national conference if it is to voir* effectively the views of Wales upon this subject must in the first place be reason- Ably representative •alt- 'poiiticai and social interests m the Principality. We cannot say that, from its published agenda, this can be said of Tuesday's con- ference. which stands for one section-and that only partially, and. with many in- explicable omissions—in Welsh life. To identify Home Rule for Wales with a par- ticular brand of party, and that made I according to the recipe of one or two per- sons, is to handicap the movement at the outset. The appeal must be wider. kfrtTafe annoxrn?<«d—^hftU w<T never gct i Wales a gathering which can be accurately called a conference "? —and of these six are preachers. Cardiff, municipally considered, has no voice, and not one of the great borough coifncils with the exception of Merthyr Tydfil. Swan- sea has been in the fore-front of Welsh national åffairs-bnt Swansea apparently is not to be heard. For with eleven speakers, it is unlikely that there will be time for a real conference. As the inaugural" of Welsh Home I, Rule rhovcriWnt, this ifh sponsored con- ference, of which we only know the name of the convener, and nothing of :ts organiseis, is not very encouraging. I

HOSPITAL BOMBED. I I German Airmen Attack I Calais. Belgian Officail .-Besides bombing the bospit.al bt Hoogstaede, German aero- planes on Wednesday and Thursday nights dropped bombs on the Belgian hos- pital at Calais. About 10 were killed and 20 injured, and severail huts were de- stroyed. Last night our batteries several times shelled huts at Westende and Elsen as reprisals for the bombing of our camps. Adjutant De Meulemeester brought down his tenth aeroplane.

THE WELSH SERVICE. I Premier May Read Lessons in the Abbey. Mr. Lloyd George on Friday visited Westminster Abbey and consulted with the Dean of Westminster and Sir Ti ede- rick Bridge as to the Welsh hymns to )e sung at and the arrangement? for the Welsh service at the Abbey on Coronation Day, June 22, on behnlf of the fund fo- the Welsh prisoners of war. The Prime Minister spent some time over the matter, and lefe a list of 15 Welsh hymns from which a final se lection will be made. The service will be short, and the Bishop of St. David's will preach a 10- minutes' sermon. The Welsh Guards Band will play, and a Welsh choir will sing hymns an hour before the service It is stated that Mr. Lloyd George mny read the lessons. Should he do so, it will be the first time that a Nonconformist Prime Minister has read the lessons in an Anglican church.

KERENSKY S MISSION. I New York. Friday.-Thert- are definite statements in Russian circles. both in New York and Washington (pays the "Daily Chronicle" correspondent), that Kerensky, the whilom Russitm Premier, with companions, will arri ve here from Sweden. There ara many guesses as to his reasons. The Bolsheviks indicate that Keren sky comes on behalf of a counter- revolutionary movement of some kind, also to try to persuade Washington to ap- prove of Japanese intervention.

BONES AND FAT. The Domestic Savings Committee, 3 and 4. Water-lane, London. E.C.3, is in- augurating an intensive educational cam- paign to bring home to housewives the urgent necessity of saving all waste bones and fat after they have been utilised to the utmost capacity. From fats gycerine i.? produced, and this is used for shells. All the Committee ask is that a separate bone and fat bucke? ? kept in every household, an? it? contents "old to th? r:? and I"nk? man. Anything of a fatty rature is taeful Not a crrap should he wMtcd. 1? demMMi for fate ia W'pA t. 9

BIGGER MEAT RATION. Each Coupon to Represent Tho Mini-try of Food anaomactt that owing to the larger arrivals it hæ5 iv-:<en possible to releaso consider- able additional etipplieB of froeNi meat, and it liafi been consecpaesitly decided thai as from Sunday, • tiie illth inst.. until further notice, Rd. uncooked meat may be pur- chased in respect of each cf the two coupons per waei: available toe butchcTo'-mcatj A proporotional in- crease in respect of -otbor bTitcheW meat and offoal has been advised to food control comittoes. HAYDOCK MEETING. Betting (3.1: 7 to 1 rai11 Etfral. 310—Merville 1, polMXC Z, Guenoe 3 Eleven i I HAYDOC KMEETING. Betting: 1.1 to 1<1 Kodak Girl. 6 to 1 Happy Maid, Lively, and Happy Man. Ul to 8 ¡Bjo- loRy. Lovewell, and Desmodium g 20 to. 1 j others fefeort head: four lenpthe. 3.3S—HATDOOK PARK THREE YEAR OLD HANDICAP of 300 FoO". One mil" MAIN ROYAL 1 SLIPPERY ANNE 2. SOMERVILLE 3. Alw ran: Mi" Richard. Postwick -oi? Nose. Golden Balm. Itoi Grison, 'P- Plana- dian, Marriage de Convenience rher.Vs Officer. Off 3.M. Trained by '<uife:it.v

?- TO-DAY'S ALLOTMENT HINT, A. sowing of peas for late work should h made about this time, selecting second parly varieties for the purpose. At this date it is a good plan to sow peas in shal- low trenches, as the trenches can easily be filled with water during dry weather. Late sown peas are very often attacked by mildew, and it is necessary to keep them growing strong and freely from start »o finish, as, if they get weakened oi stunted in growth the dieeaee will -4cickly ruin the crop. Early sown peas should have the earth urawn up to them, and be staked before the wind blows them over; as soon as it is seen that the pods have set, regular sup- plies of manure water sho4i be given during dry weather. This will have the effect of increasing the size and quality of the crop, and render them leeg- liable to be attacked by usually does little harm to the eatly sown peas provided they nre well looked after, but oiiee it attacks the later ones it is as well to pull them up and burn them, as no means of eradicating it are known. If Growfr." •4

ITO-DAY'S NEWS IN BRIEF Sir Alfred Mend lunched with the Bel- gian Prime Minister on Friday at the Ritz Hotel, together with Mr. Lloyd George. The King has made Baron Wimbornc a Viscount. The Hon. William F. Lloyd, Prime Minister of Newfoundland, has been ap- pointed a Privy Councillor. The Vacant Land Cultivation Societv estimates that allotment holders will raise £ 15,000,000 worth of food this year. A telegram, dated Friday, from Hel- eingforSj report the entry through of Cv-neral Mannerheim and tlie Finnish Army. Mr. D. Syd. Jones, foil of Aid. Dan Jones, Swansea, has thj; %-eor, passed his Board of Trade examination for second ei gineer. If the patients were deprived of to- bacco," reported Dr. Myles to the com- mittee of tiie Ballinasloe Lunatic Asylum, they would go mad" While under treatment in Germany, where one of. his legs was amputated, Capt. P. N. Barlow, now in England. grew an inch, and is now 6ft. 2in. For having kicked his seven year old I daughter, William John McLaughlin, labourer, was at Barrow on Friday sen- tenced to six months' hard labour. For the first time a woman—Jiie# Mar- garet Boitdfieid-is to be a trade union representative at the annual convention I of the American Labour Federation. The annual National Senit:.e'I:or Sea- iaiers will be held in St. Paul's Cathe- dyti, on Wednesday, 26 June next, at o.4o p.m., when the Bishop of Kensington will be the preacher. Fined ilO for having supplied watered nfilk, Ebeneoer Meopham, farmer, of Chobhanu said it was against his religion to touch the milk, but his wife added a little water to it. Paris, Friday.—The Petit Parisien learns from Athens that ex-King Con- stantino has had a fresh attack cf pleu- risy, and that his case is considered to be serious.—Exchange. Mr. Frederick Whelen gave an address on promoting Anglo-Italian reciprocity in musical matters at a concert of Italian music at the Eolian Hall, Bond- street on Friday afternoon. inspector Jamet (.Mumbles), who has taken the place of Inspector Da vies, who has just left the district, was welcomed to the district by Mr. J. H. Rosser. who presided at the Swansea Police Court on Saturday. Paris, Saturday.—The Matin states that munition oiactorics disputes have been settled by an interview yesterday with M. Clemenceau and the Labour dele- gates. The workers heve been samawjaed back to work. I The new retail bsh prices to be an- nounced in a day or two, and to come imo operation on Monday week, will .-i. nv a reduction, of about 2d. per 10. n; uuvi., eorts. Shell fish, now becoming plenti- ful, is still unoontrolled. A discharged soldier, Nicholas B«umuii, i,-? 13 4iiii,,jj, who objected Vo the singing of õ1 ,1:11 Fein tcng in a kineina theatre at Clara, King's County, was shot in the ci;<<k with a rei-elver aiter the performance. Thomas Fleming, a farmer's son, luis been arrested. A meetiiig of ihe Govemois of the Llan- dovery Intermediate Scki.ol was hold C11 I Friday. The Rev. Joseph Harry, J.P. ipostor <>f Snlem Congregational Church), wae apixnnt-.Ml ehrrrru;;n in succession to [ the Rev. YV. W. Poole-Hughes, warden of the College, resigned Pte. Percy Tabbart, who is alleged to hayv killed his wife at Spring-place. Kentish Town, and then committed sui- cide. was taken prisoner by the Germans in IH¡, and last Deceanber returned to England still suffering from wounds. He left behind a letter referring to las wif*. Amsterdam, Friday (received Satur- day).-Tlie Berliner Tageblatt and other German newspapers, reports in connection with the Central Powers' says that the idea favoured ios the close economis relationship of j Poland to Austria-Hungary and Germany. Notice is given in Friday night's Lon- don Gazette" of a new rule of the Supreme Court under which solicitors are allowed, within certain reservations, to increase their bill of costs by 20 per cent. on the present aicfhorised charges. The increase applies to all work done since December 31, 1917. As a reward to the children takiu{¡ part in the Service of Song at the Memorial Chapel, Llandovery, Miss Muriel 1). Thomas (Belmont), superintendent of the Sunday School, Mrs. Ald-ridge, Miss Lucy Handler, and Mrs. Edwards (Waterlog House), on Thursday entertained them to ten. followed by rustic sports. The publication of the electors' list6 for 1 iie new register under the Reform Act, iixed by the Order in Council for 'June 15, is postponed till Saturday, June 29. B. tration officer. are empowered to employ additional canvassing 6taff. Consequential al terations of dates will be announced by the Local Government Board. The Brighton and Hove Gas Company were at Brighton on Friday fined -6137 for providing gas with leois than the statutory heating power. Seventeen sam- ples were analysed, and the deficiency of heating power varied from 22 to 30 per cent., due to an excessive amount of gas being extracted from the coal. We understand that Major Geo. Davis, A.S.C., Egyptian Foroes, has hwett awarded the M.C. He is a son of the iate Rev. Thomas Davis, pastor of Bethany Baptist Chapel, West Cross, and resided at 7, Pantygwydr-road, Swansea. He has been in the forces since the ooUt" iaencement of the war as a supply ei^cer. Previous to the war he was a traveiU' with Mes=r<s. Pu £ \?ley, of Waterlo(i,i I-cw Swansea. The decision of Sir Frederick Banburfi Sub-Committet in favour of Mr. Bertram MackennaFe design for the Parimmea- tary war memo-roial to members and ot&' cials of both Chambers who have per- ished in the war was unanimously adopted by the Committee as a whole.. The artist was responsible for the design of the present coinage and for tlM pedi- ment of the new Government buildings in Westminster. Paris, Friday (received Saturday).—In view of the very dafihg and brilliantly- executed operation by the British naval forces against the enemy ports of Zee- brugge and Ostend, on the night of April 22nd, the French Government has awarded the Croix de Guerre with Palm to Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Rear- Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrrwhitt (com- manding the destroyer flotillas), and 16 olHeers of the British Navy, who parti- cularly distinguished themselves in the preparation 0^-d execution of this glQlÏ- QU8 aaterprkt. k »